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obama is a perfect example. a person who genuinely wanted a different foreign policy and was unable to do it. is equally interesting to look at george w. bush and raise the question, to what extent did he really have the options that we would like to do. we would like to be our presence with matching powers, that they make decisions in a vacuum and create policies, and people who speak to the president are semi-magical and so on and so forth. i live in austin, texas, to avoid the demagogues of washington. it's extremely important to understand how little choice obama had. the relationship that george w. bush had with chancellor merkel was not based on the fact that george w. bush was at last there came a been. is based on the fact that germany as a nation has interests. they do not fully coincide any longer with those of the united states. it's impossible to pretend where in the cold war, and if you take that present out of a different present in, he's going to wind up with the same relationship and it's not a p
obama is a perfect example. a person who genuinely wanted a different foreign policy and was unable to do it. is equally interesting to look at george w. bush and raise the question, to what extent did he really have the options that we would like to do. we would like to be our presence with matching powers, that they make decisions in a vacuum and create policies, and people who speak to the president are semi-magical and so on and so forth. i live in austin, texas, to avoid the demagogues of...
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obama is a perfect example. a person who genuinely want a different foreign policy and was unable to do. it's equally interesting to look to george bush. to what extent did he really have the option that we like to do? like to view our presidents with magical powers that they make decisions in a vacuum and create policies and people who speak to the president or semi magical and so on, so forth. i live in austin texas to avoid demagogues of washington. it's extremely important to understand how little choice obama had. the relationship george w. bush had with chancellor merkel wasn't on the fact that george w. bush allowed then, it was seized on the fact germany as a nation has interests as they do not fully coincide any longer with those of the united states. it's impossible to pretend we are in the middle of the cold war in this relationship to exist, and if you take that president and put a different president in regardless with the intent tensions are he's going to wind up with the same relationship and it's
obama is a perfect example. a person who genuinely want a different foreign policy and was unable to do. it's equally interesting to look to george bush. to what extent did he really have the option that we like to do? like to view our presidents with magical powers that they make decisions in a vacuum and create policies and people who speak to the president or semi magical and so on, so forth. i live in austin texas to avoid demagogues of washington. it's extremely important to understand how...
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what was the strategy that president obama had in mind? president bush's strategy was a more modest one of holding key areas of not really trying to dominate the country. president obama argues we're in the wrorng war. we are now in this war. it's not clear we have the forces necessary to bring this to a conclusion. therefore, we are struck with a pakistan because if we withdrawal, in this case pakistan, or we een ties pakistan into collaborating within a staged withdrawal so that this comes to the points that it really doesn't matter if what happened in the past. at this moment, if our goal is to somehow exit afghanistan without attempting to occupy it which is not a choice, we must deal with pakistan. i mean, who else can we? >> host: that's right. the question is not dealing with pakistan as much as what is the longer term outcome in terms of are they coming away from wherever we end up with a new status quo in afghanistan recommitted to their campaign of underminding their neighbor next door in india. >> guest: we have a choice. we can
what was the strategy that president obama had in mind? president bush's strategy was a more modest one of holding key areas of not really trying to dominate the country. president obama argues we're in the wrorng war. we are now in this war. it's not clear we have the forces necessary to bring this to a conclusion. therefore, we are struck with a pakistan because if we withdrawal, in this case pakistan, or we een ties pakistan into collaborating within a staged withdrawal so that this comes to...
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what was the strategy that president obama had in mind. president bush's strategy was a more modest one of holding the key areas and not trying to dominate the country. president obama ran his campaign by arguing we are in the wrong war. we are now in this war. it's not clear we have the forces necessary to bring this to conclusion. therefore, we are stuck with pakistan because the withdrawal in which case pakistan both san, or we entice pakistan in various ways into collaborating in the space withdraw so this comes to the point that it really doesn't matter if what happened in the past at this moment if our goal is to somehow accept afghanistan without attempting to occupy it which is not a choice we must deal with pakistan. who else can we? host to the question isn't dealing with pakistan so much as what is the longer term outcome in terms of are they going to come away from wherever we end up with the new status quo in afghanistan recommitted to their campaign as undermining their neighbor next door in india. >> guest: we can avoid that
what was the strategy that president obama had in mind. president bush's strategy was a more modest one of holding the key areas and not trying to dominate the country. president obama ran his campaign by arguing we are in the wrong war. we are now in this war. it's not clear we have the forces necessary to bring this to conclusion. therefore, we are stuck with pakistan because the withdrawal in which case pakistan both san, or we entice pakistan in various ways into collaborating in the space...
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you say when the world did you vote for barack obama? what was it that make you vote for barack obama? something must have bush do in that direction. i mean the fact is if you were used like he was used in front of the united nations to get a war going you would a little tip off. you wouldn't be saying i am beholden to that operation. i would say why? what can we do to change, to make sure you are in the tent and i made the point in the book. my dad never ever ever got involved in a primary. he believed to get involved in it primary 50% of the people aren't going to like you but i thought to myself he would love colin powell and colin powell of tim. i said my father was ever going to endorse a primary for someone to run for president the only man i know that he would have endorsed for the presidency would have been colin powell. >> host: yet when colin powell thought about running he came under fire from the right. >> guest: he did didn't did and told alliance. he didn't call the lines. but what happens is sometimes we don't look at the
you say when the world did you vote for barack obama? what was it that make you vote for barack obama? something must have bush do in that direction. i mean the fact is if you were used like he was used in front of the united nations to get a war going you would a little tip off. you wouldn't be saying i am beholden to that operation. i would say why? what can we do to change, to make sure you are in the tent and i made the point in the book. my dad never ever ever got involved in a primary. he...